Richie and Eddie have been best friends since fourth-grade, but one horrible day in seventh-grade Bowers beat Eddie up, bad. Sonia being the crazy mother she is decided to keep Eddie sheltered and home school him. He has lost connection to the outside world, including his best friend Richie. When Henry and his goons finally go to jail Eddie is allowed to go to his first year of high school. When Richie and Eddie reunite it's different than when they were kids. in the present with 80s components *will contain instagram posts as well warnings at the top of each chapter - this story will contain smut -this story may contain contain child abuse -this story will contain underage drinking and smoking -i do not own most of these characters-